File - Tallis English & Philosophy
... • The ‘Good Will’ = our power of rational moral choice = unconditionally good – found only in humans – gives us inherent dignity as autonomous moral agents ...
... • The ‘Good Will’ = our power of rational moral choice = unconditionally good – found only in humans – gives us inherent dignity as autonomous moral agents ...
jacob_dahl_rendtorff_session_6
... With an ethical and political vision of equality resources as essential for political freedom and social justice around the world it is important to provide full access to information technologies of persons with disabilities. The framework for such a vision is a concept of global equality. This ...
... With an ethical and political vision of equality resources as essential for political freedom and social justice around the world it is important to provide full access to information technologies of persons with disabilities. The framework for such a vision is a concept of global equality. This ...
Deontological Ethics - The Richmond Philosophy Pages
... even out of it, which can be taken as good without qualification, except a good will (I 1). ...
... even out of it, which can be taken as good without qualification, except a good will (I 1). ...
REVIEW OF MORAL THEORY
... delivery of quality care within the bounds of the clinical circumstances presented by the patient, with due consideration being given to the needs and desires of the patient, shall be the most important aspect of that obligation. ...
... delivery of quality care within the bounds of the clinical circumstances presented by the patient, with due consideration being given to the needs and desires of the patient, shall be the most important aspect of that obligation. ...
Basis-for-Medical
... the rights of others or follows certain rules outlining our duties to others, or who always tries to produce the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. Despite their differences, all of these theories give a central place to reason and not much to the role of feeling in moral decision ...
... the rights of others or follows certain rules outlining our duties to others, or who always tries to produce the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. Despite their differences, all of these theories give a central place to reason and not much to the role of feeling in moral decision ...
Document
... Standards of conduct can regulate our actions by providing guidance for many of the choices we face in living. But, It is not easy to follow standards of conduct all of the time since they often conflict with each other or with our personal interests. People often violate accepted ethical or m ...
... Standards of conduct can regulate our actions by providing guidance for many of the choices we face in living. But, It is not easy to follow standards of conduct all of the time since they often conflict with each other or with our personal interests. People often violate accepted ethical or m ...
Kant and the force of duty - The Richmond Philosophy Pages
... The need for ‘pure ethics’. The certainty of our status as free agents. The Enlightenment goal of overcoming one’s own immaturity (our immaturity); finding the source of authority within reason. Fundamental principle or basis that allows us to answer the question: what ought I to do? Kant approa ...
... The need for ‘pure ethics’. The certainty of our status as free agents. The Enlightenment goal of overcoming one’s own immaturity (our immaturity); finding the source of authority within reason. Fundamental principle or basis that allows us to answer the question: what ought I to do? Kant approa ...
Kants ethics and suicide show
... are moral or not is by testing them to see if they make logical sense. You can universalise the maxim ‘don’t return books to libraries’ but it has the consequence of making the notion of libraries nonsensical (because eventually there would be no books left so there would be no libraries to not retu ...
... are moral or not is by testing them to see if they make logical sense. You can universalise the maxim ‘don’t return books to libraries’ but it has the consequence of making the notion of libraries nonsensical (because eventually there would be no books left so there would be no libraries to not retu ...
Ethics in Dentistry:
... Descends from Classical Hellenistic tradition: • Instead of looking at rules of obligation, we should be focusing on making good people, cultivating people of good character. • Moral virtues are understood as morally praiseworthy character traits, such as courage, compassion, sincerity, reliability, ...
... Descends from Classical Hellenistic tradition: • Instead of looking at rules of obligation, we should be focusing on making good people, cultivating people of good character. • Moral virtues are understood as morally praiseworthy character traits, such as courage, compassion, sincerity, reliability, ...
Philosophy 220
... The form taken by the categorical nature of obligation is what Kant calls an imperative. Imperatives are expressions of the human will, but only some of them exhibit the categorical force of a duty. There are two types of imperatives. The more common is what Kant calls a Hypothetical imperative. I ...
... The form taken by the categorical nature of obligation is what Kant calls an imperative. Imperatives are expressions of the human will, but only some of them exhibit the categorical force of a duty. There are two types of imperatives. The more common is what Kant calls a Hypothetical imperative. I ...
Philosophy 220
... use of deception violates the VIC standard and by extension the CI. At issue is the “informed” part of the VIC. In general, “If one person’s consent to sex is predicated on false beliefs that have been intentionally and deceptively inculcated by one’s sexual partner in an effort to win the former’ ...
... use of deception violates the VIC standard and by extension the CI. At issue is the “informed” part of the VIC. In general, “If one person’s consent to sex is predicated on false beliefs that have been intentionally and deceptively inculcated by one’s sexual partner in an effort to win the former’ ...
Philosophy 220
... use of deception violates the VIC standard and by extension the CI. At issue is the “informed” part of the VIC. In general, “If one person’s consent to sex is predicated on false beliefs that have been intentionally and deceptively inculcated by one’s sexual partner in an effort to win the former’ ...
... use of deception violates the VIC standard and by extension the CI. At issue is the “informed” part of the VIC. In general, “If one person’s consent to sex is predicated on false beliefs that have been intentionally and deceptively inculcated by one’s sexual partner in an effort to win the former’ ...
Ethical Theories - Almaty Management University
... informed by personal preferences, tastes, or mere whimsy. Others are based on standards of conduct Standards of conduct can regulate our actions by providing guidance for many of the choices we face in living. It is not easy to follow standards of conduct all of the time since they often conflic ...
... informed by personal preferences, tastes, or mere whimsy. Others are based on standards of conduct Standards of conduct can regulate our actions by providing guidance for many of the choices we face in living. It is not easy to follow standards of conduct all of the time since they often conflic ...
Moral Enhancement and the Duty to Eliminate Evildoing
... is being enhanced and to what extent? I argue against the perfectionist view that we should create moral saints or at least maximally improve people morally. The argument rests on the moral imperative to respect the separateness of persons and on the value of human freedom and autonomy. Second, I co ...
... is being enhanced and to what extent? I argue against the perfectionist view that we should create moral saints or at least maximally improve people morally. The argument rests on the moral imperative to respect the separateness of persons and on the value of human freedom and autonomy. Second, I co ...
Bioethics - Mercer Island School District
... considered to make a moral decision. • The 4 prinicipals: – ______________________: Acknowledge a person’s right to make choices and take action based on personal values and beliefs. – __________: Treat a person fairly or appropriately in light of what is due or owed him or her. – __________________ ...
... considered to make a moral decision. • The 4 prinicipals: – ______________________: Acknowledge a person’s right to make choices and take action based on personal values and beliefs. – __________: Treat a person fairly or appropriately in light of what is due or owed him or her. – __________________ ...
EECS 690
... whether in your own person or in the person of any other, always at the same time as an end, never merely as a means” • In my language, “Don’t treat people like things. Ever.” • Moral arguments that involve respect and dignity and personal autonomy as inviolable moral principles have the same intuit ...
... whether in your own person or in the person of any other, always at the same time as an end, never merely as a means” • In my language, “Don’t treat people like things. Ever.” • Moral arguments that involve respect and dignity and personal autonomy as inviolable moral principles have the same intuit ...
Kant`s Ethics - Valdosta State University
... o we find seeds of this thinking in Socrates (470-399BC) but the theory is not fully developed until Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) this theory, as we shall see, basically claims that there are certain fundamental duties that we must always follow, regardless of the particular outcome o e.g., keeping p ...
... o we find seeds of this thinking in Socrates (470-399BC) but the theory is not fully developed until Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) this theory, as we shall see, basically claims that there are certain fundamental duties that we must always follow, regardless of the particular outcome o e.g., keeping p ...
Lecture 25: Kantian moral theory
... Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law The categorical imperative is a test for rightness or wrongness of an action A categorical imperative is an absolute and universal moral ought We are obligated to obey the categorical impera ...
... Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law The categorical imperative is a test for rightness or wrongness of an action A categorical imperative is an absolute and universal moral ought We are obligated to obey the categorical impera ...
Categorical Imperative
... Heteronomy-allowing someone/something else to decide which moral laws each person should follow This includes the divine command theory and utilitarianism Rejects societal standard for ethical behaviour ...
... Heteronomy-allowing someone/something else to decide which moral laws each person should follow This includes the divine command theory and utilitarianism Rejects societal standard for ethical behaviour ...
Letters - Journal of Medical Ethics
... common conflict between individual and society: while we feel autonomous standing for what we feel ourselves to be, society can only understand our autonomy as the preservation of our social identity. If we act to change the view society has of ourselves, we will probably be criticised for being und ...
... common conflict between individual and society: while we feel autonomous standing for what we feel ourselves to be, society can only understand our autonomy as the preservation of our social identity. If we act to change the view society has of ourselves, we will probably be criticised for being und ...
Kant
... awareness of the situation you are in Deliberating about your possible choices Selecting one of those choices as the right one Self-governance These ...
... awareness of the situation you are in Deliberating about your possible choices Selecting one of those choices as the right one Self-governance These ...
Two-part essay on autonomy in medicine
... Respecting autonomy would dictate the full disclosure of information since patients can make choices about their health care only if they are fully informed. But the right of patients to full disclosure of information and to free and informed consent to any medical procedure conflicts with the idea ...
... Respecting autonomy would dictate the full disclosure of information since patients can make choices about their health care only if they are fully informed. But the right of patients to full disclosure of information and to free and informed consent to any medical procedure conflicts with the idea ...
moral luck
... • Nagel says the Kantian view is simplistic and fails to take into account the way external factors impinge upon us. These factors introduce the idea of moral luck. • “Where a significant aspect of what someone does depends on factors beyond his control, yet we continue to treat him in that respect ...
... • Nagel says the Kantian view is simplistic and fails to take into account the way external factors impinge upon us. These factors introduce the idea of moral luck. • “Where a significant aspect of what someone does depends on factors beyond his control, yet we continue to treat him in that respect ...
Introduction to Moral Heteronomy. History, Proposals, Arguments
... beings have the moral law in themselves, and make use of such a law whenever they reason about what is right and wrong. From an historical viewpoint, the rise of the autonomous theories of ethics to the international philosophical scene comes at the end of a long trajectory, whose point of departure ...
... beings have the moral law in themselves, and make use of such a law whenever they reason about what is right and wrong. From an historical viewpoint, the rise of the autonomous theories of ethics to the international philosophical scene comes at the end of a long trajectory, whose point of departure ...